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To David Flanders\\
who taught me so much about growing and sustaining coding communities.\\
--- Damien\\

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To the UofT Coders Group\\
who taught us much more than we taught them.\\
--- Luke and Joel\\

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To my parents Judy and John\\
who taught me to love books and everything I can learn from them.\\
--- Kate\\

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To Joshua.\\
--- Charlotte\\

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To Brent Gorda\\
without whom none of this would have happened.\\
--- Greg\\

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All royalties from this book are being donated to The Carpentries,\\
an organization that teaches foundational coding and data science skills\\
to researchers worldwide.
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